Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.

Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


Natter 54: Right here, dammit.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Oct 30, 2007 11:10:45 am PDT #9331 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Particularly because of the cow.

There was a duck too! So random.

For krav teaching we're told "Praise, correct, praise." I have to praise the students twice for each time I correct something they've done wrong? As if. Okay, I'm not that bad, and neither are they. But I do not stick to that formula. I praise anything that stands out as "that's as good as I was going to teach it today" or any marked attempt to hew to a correction of mine.

Insurance won't cover my pain meds yet. So I'll be paying for them myself, because I'll be damned if I'm waiting until next week. I feel sordid.


lori - Oct 30, 2007 11:18:58 am PDT #9332 of 10001

Zebras and dolphins? [link]


§ ita § - Oct 30, 2007 11:21:04 am PDT #9333 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The caption for that picture is amusingly almost-random.


Jesse - Oct 30, 2007 11:22:32 am PDT #9334 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's hard doing non-desserts because you really need something that's going to be okay at room temp or cold.

Ah -- I was kind of wondering about your heating options. How about a nice spinach salad with craisins and walnuts and some kind of cheese?


Toddson - Oct 30, 2007 11:24:44 am PDT #9335 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

oh heavens ... the "commentary" reminded me - I work for an association and our conference is this week (note that I am NOT attending/working). Well, the opening day is Halloween; the keynote speaker that day is a former sports star. So ... someone came up with the bright idea of mandatory staff costumes. Originally they were going to give people several to choose from including a cheerleader. Not as revealing as the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, but not something that says "responsible professional." And they thought I was making a ridiculous fuss about it, saying that it wasn't really the best idea. Eventually, they decided on referee costumes for the entire staff ... some of them are getting silenced whistles.


Dana - Oct 30, 2007 11:25:37 am PDT #9336 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

someone came up with the bright idea of mandatory staff costumes.

Oh, HELL, no.


JZ - Oct 30, 2007 11:25:56 am PDT #9337 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Little bitty turtle for Jess.


Jesse - Oct 30, 2007 11:28:27 am PDT #9338 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, HELL, no.

Yeah, that.

I was supposed to go to a "dress as your favorite dead person" party this weekend, and my big plan was not to dress up, and just name someone at random if anyone asked who I was supposed to be.


brenda m - Oct 30, 2007 11:32:26 am PDT #9339 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Just tell them you're a [dead] serial killer. "They look like everybody else!"


tommyrot - Oct 30, 2007 11:33:26 am PDT #9340 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So, is mandatory costumes sorta like enforced fun? Or more like enforced team-building/team spirit? Enforced morale-boosting wackiness?